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Bill Spiers

William James Spiers

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 5, 1966 in Orangeburg, SC
High School: Wade Hampton Academy (Orangeburg, SC)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1989
Teams (by GP): Astros/Brewers/Mets 1989-2001

Final Game: April 8, 2001
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1987	21	MIL-min	A,Rk	70	303	280	47	86	11	1	3	29	13	5	18	41	.307	.355	.386	.741		108		3	2	0	0		BEL,HEL · MIDW,PION
1988	22	MIL-min	A,AA	131	595	521	90	142	22	5	8	73	31	11	57	61	.273	.350	.380	.730		198	12	7	7	3	1		STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1989	23	MIL-min	AAA	14	53	47	9	17	2	1	2	8	1	0	5	6	.362	.423	.574	.998		27		0	1	0	0		DEN · AA
1989	23	MIL	AL	114	373	345	44	88	9	3	4	33	10	2	21	63	.255	.298	.333	.631	79	115	2	1	4	2	1	65/4D3
1990	24	MIL-min	AAA	11	49	38	6	12	0	0	1	7	1	1	10	8	.316	.449	.395	.844		15		0	0	1	0		DEN · AA
1990	24	MIL	AL	112	389	363	44	88	15	3	2	36	11	6	16	45	.242	.274	.317	.591	66	115	12	1	6	3	0	*6
1991	25	MIL	AL	133	464	414	71	117	13	6	8	54	14	8	34	55	.283	.337	.401	.738	106	166	9	2	10	4	0	*6/D8
1992	26	MIL-min	A	16	63	55	9	13	3	0	0	7	4	0	7	7	.236	.317	.291	.608		16	2	0	0	1	0		BEL · MIDW
1992	26	MIL	AL	12	18	16	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	.313	.353	.438	.790	123	7	0	0	1	0	0	/645D
1993	27	MIL	AL	113	386	340	43	81	8	4	2	36	9	8	29	51	.238	.302	.303	.605	65	103	11	4	9	4	2	4/9687
1994	28	MIL	AL	73	237	214	27	54	10	1	0	17	7	1	19	42	.252	.316	.308	.625	60	66	5	1	3	0	1	56/D93
1995	29	NYM-min	AAA	12	51	41	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	6	.220	.340	.268	.608		11	4	0	1	1	0		NFK · IL
1995	29	NYM	NL	63	87	72	5	15	2	1	0	11	0	1	12	15	.208	.314	.264	.578	58	19	0	0	1	2	1	5/4
1996	30	HOU	NL	122	242	218	27	55	10	1	6	26	7	0	20	34	.252	.320	.390	.709	93	85	3	2	1	1	4	5/43689
1997	31	HOU	NL	132	355	291	51	93	27	4	4	48	10	5	61	42	.320	.438	.481	.919	145	140	4	1	1	1	6	56/34
1998	32	HOU	NL	123	437	384	66	105	27	4	4	43	11	2	45	62	.273	.356	.396	.751	100	152	9	5	1	2	0	5/436
1999	33	HOU	NL	127	444	393	56	113	18	5	4	39	10	5	47	45	.288	.363	.389	.752	92	153	10	0	3	1	2	576/9843
2000	34	HOU	NL	124	409	355	41	107	17	3	3	43	7	4	49	38	.301	.386	.392	.777	92	139	8	1	2	2	3	564/79
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	118	1	0	0	0	0	1
13 Yrs				1252	3845	3408	477	922	158	35	37	388	97	43	355	496	.271	.341	.370	.711	90	1261	73	18	42	22	21
162 Game Avg.				162	498	441	62	119	20	5	5	50	13	6	46	64	.271	.341	.370	.711	90	163	9	2	5	3	3

HOU (6 yrs)				632	1891	1644	241	474	99	17	21	199	45	16	223	221	.288	.375	.408	.782	103	670	34	9	8	7	16
MIL (6 yrs)				557	1867	1692	231	433	57	17	16	178	52	26	120	260	.256	.306	.338	.644	78	572	39	9	33	13	4
NYM (1 yr)				63	87	72	5	15	2	1	0	11	0	1	12	15	.208	.314	.264	.578	58	19	0	0	1	2	1

NL (7 yrs)				695	1978	1716	246	489	101	18	21	210	45	17	235	236	.285	.372	.402	.774	102	689	34	9	9	9	17
AL (6 yrs)				557	1867	1692	231	433	57	17	16	178	52	26	120	260	.256	.306	.338	.644	78	572	39	9	33	13	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1989	23	MIL	AL	114	373	-9	2	1	-6	5	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.4	.493	.495	1.1	-0.0	10	$68,000	65/4D3
1990	24	MIL	AL	112	389	-16	3	0	0	6	-7	-0.7	13	6	0.5	.493	.495	0.6	0.7	6	$135,000	*6
1991	25	MIL	AL	133	464	6	-0	1	-3	7	10	1.2	16	26	2.6	.508	.506	3.0	0.5	28	$250,000	*6/D8
1992	26	MIL	AL	12	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$750,000	/645D
1993	27	MIL	AL	113	386	-16	-1	-0	-13	2	-29	-2.9	13	-16	-1.7	.474	.482	-0.3	-1.1	-3	$750,000	4/9687
1994	28	MIL	AL	73	237	-15	1	0	2	2	-9	-0.8	8	-2	-0.1	.488	.495	-0.3	0.4	-4	$450,000	56/D93
1995	29	NYM	NL	63	87	-5	-0	0	-4	0	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.485	.494	-0.3	-0.4	-3	$425,000	5/4
1996	30	HOU	NL	122	242	-2	1	0	-3	1	-3	-0.4	7	3	0.2	.497	.498	0.6	-0.3	6	$400,000	5/43689
1997	31	HOU	NL	132	355	20	1	2	10	2	34	3.3	10	43	4.3	.526	.521	3.4	1.1	34	$600,000	56/34
1998	32	HOU	NL	123	437	4	5	-0	-10	1	-0	-0.1	12	12	1.0	.500	.500	2.1	-1.0	22	$1,600,000	5/436
1999	33	HOU	NL	127	444	-4	1	-0	2	0	-2	-0.2	12	10	1.0	.499	.499	0.8	0.2	8	$1,600,000	576/9843
2000	34	HOU	NL	124	409	-4	0	1	1	2	0	-0.1	11	11	1.0	.500	.500	1.0	0.3	10	$1,700,000	564/79
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,700,000
13 Seasons				1252	3845	-42	12	4	-24	27	-24	-2.2	115	91	8.6	.498	.499	11.8	0.6	115	$10,428,000

HOU (6 yrs)				632	1891	13	8	2	-0	6	28	2.5	51	79	7.5	.504	.503	7.9	0.4	80	$7,600,000
MIL (6 yrs)				557	1867	-51	5	2	-20	21	-43	-3.7	61	19	1.8	.492	.496	4.2	0.6	38	$2,403,000
NYM (1 yr)				63	87	-5	-0	0	-4	0	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.485	.494	-0.3	-0.4	-3	$425,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1989	23	MIL	AL	373	267	37	3.7	92	.300	.255	.260	.298	.324	.333	.382	.631	.706	79	.429	-10.5	-1.1	.556	.162	.078	5.7
1990	24	MIL	AL	389	302	29	2.6	94	.270	.242	.258	.274	.326	.317	.386	.591	.712	66	.274	-17.4	-1.8	.468	.132	.074	3.4
1991	25	MIL	AL	464	328	56	4.6	95	.307	.283	.258	.337	.326	.401	.391	.738	.717	106	.505	2.5	0.2	.662	.215	.118	10.2
1992	26	MIL	AL	18	13	2	4.1	93	.417	.313	.257	.353	.326	.438	.382	.790	.707	123	.472	0.5	0.0	.667	.188	.125	.0
1993	27	MIL	AL	386	291	30	2.8	102	.271	.238	.265	.302	.336	.303	.406	.605	.742	65	.265	-17.2	-1.7	.493	.153	.065	3.3
1994	28	MIL	AL	237	169	22	3.5	115	.314	.252	.277	.316	.350	.308	.442	.625	.792	60	.314	-13.2	-1.2	.554	.173	.056	.0
1995	29	NYM	NL	87	61	7	3.1	103	.254	.208	.266	.314	.335	.264	.414	.578	.748	58	.305	-3.9	-0.4	.517	.208	.056
1996	30	HOU	NL	242	168	29	4.6	100	.274	.252	.260	.320	.328	.390	.407	.709	.735	93	.480	-1.9	-0.2	.687	.261	.138	6.5
1997	31	HOU	NL	355	209	66	8.5	105	.362	.320	.266	.438	.337	.481	.417	.919	.754	145	.733	23.8	2.2	1.000	.388	.162	5.7
1998	32	HOU	NL	437	293	57	5.2	106	.316	.273	.266	.356	.337	.396	.420	.751	.757	100	.533	1.3	0.1	.728	.263	.122	5.9
1999	33	HOU	NL	444	299	56	5.0	115	.316	.288	.274	.363	.350	.389	.442	.752	.792	92	.474	-4.4	-0.4	.695	.234	.102	5.7
2000	34	HOU	NL	409	264	56	5.7	122	.329	.301	.281	.386	.360	.392	.460	.777	.820	92	.528	-3.3	-0.3	.738	.237	.090	4.2
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	2	1	13.4	117	.333	.333	.275	.500	.348	.333	.451	.833	.799	118	.857	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
13 Yrs				3845	2666	448	4.5	104	.305	.271	.266	.341	.337	.370	.414	.711	.752	90	.466	-43.6	-4.3	.649	.219	.099	53.6
162 Game Avg.				498	345	58	4.5	104	.305	.271	.266	.341	.337	.370	.414	.711	.752	90	.466	-43.6	-4.3	.649	.219	.099	7

HOU (6 yrs)				1891	1235	265	5.8	111	.322	.288	.271	.375	.344	.408	.432	.782	.776	103	.558	15.6	1.5	.763	.273	.119	28.6
MIL (6 yrs)				1867	1370	176	3.4	98	.292	.256	.262	.306	.331	.338	.397	.644	.728	78	.368	-55.3	-5.4	.549	.168	.082	24.5
NYM (1 yr)				87	61	7	3.1	103	.254	.208	.266	.314	.335	.264	.414	.578	.748	58	.304	-3.9	-0.4	.517	.208	.056

NL (7 yrs)				1978	1296	272	5.6	110	.319	.285	.270	.372	.343	.402	.431	.774	.774	102	.549	11.8	1.1	.752	.270	.117	28.6
AL (6 yrs)				1867	1370	176	3.4	98	.292	.256	.262	.306	.331	.338	.397	.644	.728	78	.368	-55.3	-5.4	.549	.168	.082	24.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1997	31	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	3	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	1
1998	32	HOU	NL	NLDS	SDP	L	4	15	14	2	4	3	1	0	1	3	.286	.333	.500	.833	7	1
1999	33	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	4	11	11	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							11	38	36	3	7	3	2	1	2	6	.194	.237	.278	.515	10	2
3 NLDS							11	38	36	3	7	3	2	1	2	6	.194	.237	.278	.515	10	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1989	23	MIL	AL	373	1.1%	16.9%	5.6%	4.3%	18%	3.00	5.5	86.3	10.5	1.02	1.19	75%	21%	3.5%	15%
1990	24	MIL	AL	389	0.5%	11.6%	4.1%	5.1%	23%	2.81	8.1	181.5	10.1	1.02	1.36	82%	19%	1.5%	12%
1991	25	MIL	AL	464	1.7%	11.9%	7.3%	5.8%	23%	1.62	7.5	51.8	7.7	0.89	1.31	77%	20%	5.0%	14%
1992	26	MIL	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	11.1%	40%	4.00	4.0		8.0	0.20	0.40	67%	31%	0.0%	10%
1993	27	MIL	AL	386	0.5%	13.2%	7.5%	3.6%	17%	1.76	6.7	170.0	9.4	1.39	1.76	75%	20%	1.9%	9%
1994	28	MIL	AL	237	0.0%	17.7%	8.0%	4.6%	20%	2.21	5.1		12.6	1.38	1.74	73%	19%	0.0%	12%
1995	29	NYM	NL	87	0.0%	17.2%	13.8%	3.5%	20%	1.25	4.8		6.5	0.50	0.44	68%	20%	0.0%	21%
1996	30	HOU	NL	242	2.5%	14.1%	8.3%	7.0%	31%	1.70	6.4	36.3	8.4	0.76	0.87	74%	20%	7.5%	22%
1997	31	HOU	NL	355	1.1%	11.8%	17.2%	9.9%	38%	0.69	6.9	72.8	6.1	0.86	1.01	69%	25%	3.5%	13%
1998	32	HOU	NL	437	0.9%	14.2%	10.3%	8.0%	33%	1.38	6.2	96.0	8.9	0.71	0.91	73%	27%	2.3%	9%
1999	33	HOU	NL	444	0.9%	10.1%	10.6%	6.1%	24%	0.96	8.7	98.3	10.1	0.82	1.11	78%	21%	2.4%	10%
2000	34	HOU	NL	409	0.7%	9.3%	12.0%	5.6%	22%	0.78	9.3	118.3	8.3	0.75	1.24	77%	32%	1.9%	10%
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				2.00	1.00	75%	0%	0.0%	0%
13 Yrs				3845	1.0%	12.9%	9.2%	6.0%	25%	1.40	6.9	92.1	8.8	0.90	1.19	75%	23%	2.8%	12%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.0%	8.9%	7.4%	32%	1.80	5.5	35.2	7.7	0.80	1.07	71%	22%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	MIL	AL	-10.5	-1.1	394	0.1	5.5	-5.4	.88	-0.6	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.95	-4.7	1.28	4
1990	24	MIL	AL	-17.4	-1.8	416	-1.7	6.1	-7.7	1.08	-1.9	0.3	-19.7	-2.0	0.98	-22.7	2.76	2
1991	25	MIL	AL	2.5	0.2	490	0.8	8.8	-7.9	1.02	0.1	0.7	5.4	0.5	0.95	1.6	6.11	1
1992	26	MIL	AL	0.5	0.0	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.87	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	0.3	0.00	1
1993	27	MIL	AL	-17.2	-1.7	413	-1.6	5.9	-7.5	1.02	-1.6	-0.0	-15.2	-1.5	0.98	-19.2	0.73	3
1994	28	MIL	AL	-13.2	-1.2	252	-1.0	4.3	-5.2	1.12	-1.1	0.2	-12.3	-1.1	0.94	-14.6	1.13	10
1995	29	NYM	NL	-3.9	-0.4	89	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	1.30	-0.4	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.98	-4.4	1.43	40
1996	30	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	250	0.4	4.8	-4.4	1.12	-0.2	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.96	-0.7	1.32	33
1997	31	HOU	NL	23.8	2.2	373	3.4	8.8	-5.4	1.11	2.2	0.8	31.7	3.1	0.96	25.8	1.97	33
1998	32	HOU	NL	1.3	0.1	457	2.1	9.4	-7.2	1.10	0.4	1.5	14.7	1.4	0.96	4.8	1.90	20
1999	33	HOU	NL	-5.0	-0.5	469	0.6	8.6	-8.1	1.09	-0.0	0.6	4.5	0.4	0.97	0.3	1.40	23
2000	34	HOU	NL	-3.3	-0.3	428	1.0	7.5	-6.5	.99	-0.1	1.1	7.9	0.7	0.94	2.8	1.16	33
2001	35	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.70	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.88	0.1	0.70	3
13 Yrs				-44.2	-4.4	4055	3.5	71.4	-67.9	1.05	-2.9	6.2	14.6	1.3	0.96	-30.4	1.49	206

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	MIL	AL	4	38%	153	10	2	83%	9	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	11	50%	19	12	7	4	3	1	19	6	13
1990	24	MIL	AL	4	41%	133	11	6	65%	11	5	0	0	1	2	0	2	18	69%	10	5	5	2	1	1	14	2	12
1991	25	MIL	AL	7	43%	186	14	8	64%	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	52%	37	21	16	8	4	4	18	5	13
1992	26	MIL	AL	0	33%	6	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1993	27	MIL	AL	5	37%	129	9	8	53%	7	8	2	0	0	1	0	4	9	49%	20	11	8	11	5	6	12	5	7
1994	28	MIL	AL	0	37%	99	7	1	88%	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	48%	12	5	7	6	3	2	7	4	3
1995	29	NYM	NL	0	19%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	33%	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
1996	30	HOU	NL	3	30%	96	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	33%	14	11	2	4	1	3	6	3	3
1997	31	HOU	NL	2	31%	192	10	5	67%	10	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	35%	17	15	2	8	1	7	15	9	5
1998	32	HOU	NL	7	41%	204	11	2	85%	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	53%	29	18	11	8	2	6	16	5	11
1999	33	HOU	NL	3	33%	198	10	5	67%	7	5	3	0	0	3	1	2	14	49%	17	10	7	10	8	2	14	3	11
2000	34	HOU	NL	2	25%	205	7	4	64%	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	15	38%	26	17	9	9	4	4	7	3	3
2001	35	HOU	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				37	35%	1629	97	43	69%	90	38	7	2	3	10	2	29	121	48%	205	128	75	72	32	38	131	46	83

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1989	23	MIL	AL	373	80%	88	12	1	4	3	0	0	1.28	4	1	6	3	1	1	3	0	5	4	80%	56	2	4%	29	11	38%	206	33	16%	10	7	70%	8	4	50%	0
1990	24	MIL	AL	389	77%	88	8	3	2	1	0	1	2.76	2	0	12	2	0	2	0	0	9	6	67%	73	12	16%	40	15	38%	235	35	15%	27	15	56%	7	4	57%	0
1991	25	MIL	AL	464	71%	117	42	3	1	0	0	0	6.11	8	1	11	6	2	1	7	0	12	10	83%	89	9	10%	46	18	39%	283	48	17%	24	14	58%	16	9	56%	0
1992	26	MIL	AL	18	78%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		11	2	18%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1993	27	MIL	AL	386	80%	81	14	5	3	1	0	1	0.73	2	0	13	2	0	2	0	0	12	9	75%	78	11	14%	39	17	44%	246	34	14%	18	15	83%	16	11	69%	0
1994	28	MIL	AL	237	84%	54	11	4	10	0	0	0	1.13	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	48	5	10%	28	8	29%	144	18	13%	13	2	15%	11	6	55%	0
1995	29	NYM	NL	87	95%	15	2	1	40	9	0	6	1.43	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	21	0	0%	14	4	29%	59	11	19%	9	4	44%	7	2	29%	0
1996	30	HOU	NL	242	92%	55	11	2	33	6	2	5	1.32	6	0	8	6	0	3	3	0	2	1	50%	45	3	7%	22	9	41%	146	20	14%	14	10	71%	10	8	80%	0
1997	31	HOU	NL	355	86%	93	14	0	33	15	1	8	1.97	4	0	9	4	0	0	4	0	1	1	100%	67	4	6%	33	16	48%	205	44	21%	22	14	64%	17	11	65%	0
1998	32	HOU	NL	437	91%	105	33	1	20	0	0	1	1.90	4	0	9	4	0	1	3	1	2	1	50%	84	9	11%	40	12	30%	264	42	16%	22	13	59%	24	19	79%	0
1999	33	HOU	NL	444	90%	113	11	4	23	8	0	5	1.40	4	0	15	4	0	1	3	0	6	3	50%	88	10	11%	55	16	29%	274	36	13%	22	13	59%	29	16	55%	0
2000	34	HOU	NL	409	90%	107	5	0	33	10	0	3	1.16	3	1	8	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	100%	66	8	12%	29	10	34%	219	40	18%	12	9	75%	15	11	73%	0
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	100%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				3845	84%	922	164	24	206	54	3	30	1.49	37	3	100	34	3	13	24	1	59	42	71%	716	73	10%	375	136	36%	2294	363	16%	194	117	60%	161	102	63%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	23	MIL	AL	346	1142	3.30	725	63%	25%	13%	25%	37%	75%	1%	48%	82%	35%	7%	25	2	15%	52	15	7%	25	16	22%	27	0	0
1990	24	MIL	AL	378	1230	3.25	811	66%	23%	13%	25%	39%	77%	0%	51%	83%	37%	3%	12	0	11%	43	19	4%	14	7	18%	11	1	4
1991	25	MIL	AL	467	1692	3.62	1025	61%	29%	9%	25%	36%	71%	0%	43%	87%	27%	10%	48	0	21%	97	29	14%	65	35	24%	-3	0	0
1992	26	MIL	AL	18	69	3.83	47	68%	28%	9%	36%	28%	72%	0%	49%	88%	28%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	25%	0	0	0
1993	27	MIL	AL	382	1408	3.69	856	61%	34%	13%	18%	35%	66%	1%	40%	80%	23%	8%	31	0	21%	79	23	10%	39	13	18%	4	0	0
1994	28	MIL	AL	233	871	3.74	518	60%	29%	14%	23%	33%	70%	1%	42%	79%	21%	6%	15	0	18%	42	14	13%	30	12	16%	4	1	3
1995	29	NYM	NL	79	280	3.54	164	59%	29%	9%	29%	34%	71%	3%	41%	88%	30%	9%	7	0	15%	12	1	13%	10	5	36%	8	0	0
1996	30	HOU	NL	201	721	3.59	456	63%	29%	15%	22%	33%	71%	6%	45%	79%	28%	8%	16	0	18%	36	7	10%	20	11	21%	41	1	1
1997	31	HOU	NL	346	1333	3.85	731	55%	34%	11%	21%	33%	65%	3%	36%	83%	19%	13%	46	2	24%	82	18	16%	57	16	25%	9	0	2
1998	32	HOU	NL	439	1667	3.80	989	59%	35%	11%	22%	33%	65%	0%	39%	84%	21%	7%	30	1	19%	82	16	13%	55	24	34%	-2	0	0
1999	33	HOU	NL	446	1702	3.82	1003	59%	32%	9%	23%	35%	68%	1%	40%	86%	21%	7%	30	0	23%	103	34	13%	60	27	38%	-2	0	0
2000	34	HOU	NL	409	1459	3.57	831	57%	32%	10%	19%	39%	68%	2%	39%	86%	22%	8%	31	1	22%	89	34	13%	53	28	32%	0	0	0
2001	35	HOU	NL	4	14	3.50	5	36%	20%	0%	20%	60%	80%	11%	29%	100%	0%	25%	1	0	25%	1	0	25%	1	1		0	0	0
13 Yrs				3748	13588	3.63	8161	60%	30%	11%	23%	35%	69%	1%	42%	83%	25%	8%	292	6	19%	718	210	11%	430	195	25%	97	3	10
MLB Averages						3.69		62%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	23	114	373	345	44	88	9	3	4	33	10	2	21	63	.255	.298	.333	.631	79	115	2	1	4	2	1
1990	24	226	762	708	88	176	24	6	6	69	21	8	37	108	.249	.286	.325	.611	72	230	14	2	10	5	1
1991	25	359	1226	1122	159	293	37	12	14	123	35	16	71	163	.261	.305	.353	.658	85	396	23	4	20	9	1
1992	26	371	1244	1138	161	298	39	12	14	125	36	17	72	167	.262	.306	.354	.660	86	403	23	4	21	9	1
1993	27	484	1630	1478	204	379	47	16	16	161	45	25	101	218	.256	.305	.342	.647	81	506	34	8	30	13	3
1994	28	557	1867	1692	231	433	57	17	16	178	52	26	120	260	.256	.306	.338	.644	78	572	39	9	33	13	4
1995	29	620	1954	1764	236	448	59	18	16	189	52	27	132	275	.254	.307	.335	.642	77	591	39	9	34	15	5
1996	30	742	2196	1982	263	503	69	19	22	215	59	27	152	309	.254	.308	.341	.649	79	676	42	11	35	16	9
1997	31	874	2551	2273	314	596	96	23	26	263	69	32	213	351	.262	.326	.359	.685	88	816	46	12	36	17	15
1998	32	997	2988	2657	380	701	123	27	30	306	80	34	258	413	.264	.331	.364	.695	90	968	55	17	37	19	15
1999	33	1124	3432	3050	436	814	141	32	34	345	90	39	305	458	.267	.335	.368	.702	90	1121	65	17	40	20	17
2000	34	1248	3841	3405	477	921	158	35	37	388	97	43	354	496	.270	.340	.370	.710	90	1260	73	18	42	22	20
2001	35	1252	3845	3408	477	922	158	35	37	388	97	43	355	496	.271	.341	.370	.711	90	1261	73	18	42	22	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	114	380	351	49	94	10	3	4	37	11	22	63	.268	.311	.348	.659	38	114
1990	24	112	395	368	49	93	16	3	2	40	12	17	45	.253	.285	.329	.614	35	112
1991	25	133	470	419	76	122	14	6	8	58	15	35	55	.291	.346	.411	.756	60	133
1992	26	12	19	17	2	6	2	0	0	2	1	1	4	.353	.389	.471	.859	3	12
1993	27	113	386	340	43	81	8	4	2	36	9	29	51	.238	.302	.303	.605	31	113
1994	28	104	328	298	33	71	13	1	0	21	9	25	60	.238	.299	.289	.588	26	73
1995	29	71	98	81	6	17	2	1	0	12	0	14	17	.210	.320	.259	.579	7	63
1996	30	122	242	218	27	55	10	1	6	26	7	20	34	.252	.320	.390	.709	27	122
1997	31	132	355	291	51	93	27	4	4	48	10	61	42	.320	.438	.481	.919	61	132
1998	32	123	436	383	65	104	27	4	4	42	11	45	62	.272	.354	.394	.748	52	123
1999	33	127	434	386	50	106	17	5	4	35	9	44	45	.275	.348	.376	.724	50	127
2000	34	124	392	343	34	95	15	3	3	35	6	44	38	.277	.359	.364	.723	44	124
2001	35	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	4
13 Yrs		1291	3939	3498	485	937	161	35	37	392	100	358	516	.268	.337	.366	.703	434	1252
162 Game Avg.		162	494	439	61	118	20	4	5	49	13	45	65	.268	.337	.366	.703	54	1252

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1139), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Luis Alicea (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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